Ajet Shehu had a
nerve-wracking journey to Tottenham before he even began
training with a Premier League club.

He was a talented footballer
and had to escape from Prison 331 in Tirana, Albania to
flee the persecution Serbs were suffering in the Balkan
conflict. He made it to London with his family and
was brought up in West London. and went to Islington
Arts and Media School and playing for the football team
there, he was a part of the side that won the Camden &
Islington Cup in 2005, where he came to the attention of
the Barnet scouts. His talents were spotted after
he had trialled through Protec - a company aiming to get
players into clubs, who might not get noticed otherwise
- and he applied for a BTEC Sports course at his
college, with Protec offering him the chance of getting
spotted.

Ajet initially played in
Barnet's youth team, before he got offers from Reading,
Watford and Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs brought him to train
with the club and he joined the Academy full-time in
2007 on a two year professional contract. On the
expiry of his deal, Ajet had only played a handful of
youth games and spent time at Norwich City, Leyton
Orient, Leatherhead, Staines Town and Ware.

Ajet was released on 1st June 2009
after he had gone for a trial at Cheltenham Town, where he earned a short
term deal, playing some pre-season friendlies with the
Robins. Subsequently, he has turned out for
Aldershot Town, Ware and Wingate & Finchley, winning
their Young Player of the Year award in 2011.